Renaissance Monks: Monastic Humanism in Six Biographical Sketches

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-90-04-14431-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 108, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 531 g

Reihe: Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions

This volume deals with the intellectual world of “progressive” Benedictine and Cistercian monks who vicariously represent humanists in cloisters (Klosterhumanismus, Bibelhumanismus) in German speaking lands: Conradus Leontorius (1460-1511), Maulbronn, Benedictus Chelidonius (c.1460-1521), Nuremberg and Vienna, Bolfgangus Marius (1469-1544), Aldersbach in Bavaria, Henricus Urbanus (c. 1470-c.1539), Georgenthal in the region of Gotha and Erfurt, Vitus Bild Acropolitanus (1481-1529), Augsburg, and Nikolaus Ellenbog (1481-1543), Ottobeuren in Swabia.

For the first time in historical-theological research, new insights are provided into the world of the “social group” called Monastic Humanists who emerged next to the better known Civic Humanists within the diverse, international phenomenon of Renaissance humanism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Posset, Franz

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Christliche Orden und Vereinigungen, Ordensgeschichte, Mönchstum

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Foreword, Gerhard B. Winkler, O. Cist.
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations

Introduction

1. An Editor of Latin Bibles and Works of the Church Fathers: Conradus Leontorius, Monk of Maulbronn
2. A Graecian, Christian Poet, and Playwright: Benedictus Chelidonius, Monk of Nuremberg, Abbot of the Schottenstift, Vienna
3. A Historiographer and Distinguished Verse Maker: Bolfgangus Marius, Monk of Aldersbach, Bavaria
4. A Latinist, Supporter of Reuchlin, and Editor of Christ-centered Poetry: Henricus Urbanus, Monk of Georgenthal, Thuringia
5. Jack-of-all-Trades: Vitus Bild Acropolitanus, Monk of Saints Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg
6. When Monks Were Eager to Study the Sacred Languages: Nikolaus Ellenbog, Monk of Ottobeuren, Swabia

Conclusion

Select Bibliography
Index of Personal Names
Index of Places
Index of Subjects

Über Autor(innen)

Franz Posset, German-American independent scholar, Ph.D. (1984) in Historical Theology, Marquette University. His most recent publications include Pater Bernhardus: Martin Luther and Bernard of Clairvaux (1999) and The Front-Runner of the Catholic Reformation: The Life and Works of Johann von Staupitz (2003).